That's it! I Am giving up guitar till I achieve bass face!

bayoubill
That's it! I Am giving up guitar till I achieve bass face!

bayoubill
DONE !

See. So easy any juan khan duet.

I think if any child wants to play music it is our job to encourage.  Whether they do it for enjoyment or a career is not important.  I grew up with young man called Frank Gambale and as a teenager he used to say one day he is going to play with Chick Corea.  Yes we used to say OK right.. Frank  but look where he ended up.  If you visualise the experience enough it will happen.
 
My own son Jacob wanted to be a drummer like me and we encouraged it.  He ended up going to a really great school here in Australia and ended up playing with the top tier of Australian Jazz musicians by the time he was in his early 20's.  Yes it has been hard for him too, getting work and surviving but now he is playing on a cruise ship with a great band and earning great money.  He plans to move to New York next year.
 
So it may work that way for them or not but the main thing is they are playing music for enjoyment.
 
Like I said if he wants to play bass get him a bass and let him go for it.  It does not have to be a huge expense either.  Yamaha make nice bases that don't cost the earth.  They are handy to have around even if they don’t follow up on it.
 
The greatest gift Dave has given to his son is simply being a musician.  I have been a successful musician for the last 36 years surviving as a full time player and composer.  If you want it bad enough and can visualise how you want it to be hard enough it will happen.
 

quantumeffect

outland144k
 
 Well, the nice thing is that you could be in for some nice father/son bonding if you play together in the same musical situation, helping to create beautiful, well-crafted renditions of tunes in which you both have an interest.
 

He we can be seen playing together.  OK, so we are not going to win any "Down Beat Magazine" awards but I definitely have a cool trumpet face.
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6rA_07qCxU&feature=youtu.be
 
 
 
 
(here is my excuse - I gave the horn up as a kid and Am now an adult student at about the same playing level as my kids)

That's really cute; thanks for sharing. It looks like everyone had great fun.
 
BTW, where exactly is that? It looks familiar....

quantumeffect

Randy P
 
My advice. Get the kid a bass and amp. Keep the guitar, he may go back to it, or he may start learning both. Playing with both my kids are great memories, even when they were beginners.
 

I loaned him a Yamaha bass (with active electronics … I took the battery out) that I bought off of a bass player friend of mine many years ago so he can get started.  I do have an Ampeg cabinet with a 15” driver in it but I do not have a head for it.  If he sticks with it for a while I will look for something so he can start shaking the walls of the house.

There ya go! You might look around the local pawn shops or craigslist for a cheap head or combo. He's likely to get bored if he can't feel that low E rumble.

Playing bass may be a dirty job but someone has to do it. :)
 
Also, I found it is easy to become a big fish in a small pond while playing bass. Invitations to Interlochen, Julliard and Lawrence Welk's band (sad but true) were nice.

Dave - I suspect this thread really wasn't a serious request for parenting advice as I think you probably meant it as tongue in cheek, especially since you already have done the best thing possible for encouragement but not "going overboard" one way or the other.
 
I just want to say however, that if someone were really looking for advice on anything that one might really want to consider "the source."  some people give advice where they have absolutely no experience.
 
and also remember that we're all children here anyway.